Superradiance and subradiance in three-level systems

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Abstract

Cooperative phenomena in spontaneous emission may exhibit two opposite features: either an increased emission rate, usually called superradiance, or a decreased emission rate, which we call subradiance. It is shown that, in a specific case of three-level atoms, symmetry considerations permit one to find realistic initial conditions such that the system spontaneously evolves toward a subradiant system.

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